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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Republicans to Cleanse U.S.History of all negative references, push their own right wing "more patriotic" national standard in Schools.

The Republican efforts to privatize public education, K-12 and colleges, is moving onto the next stage; their own "national standard," a concept they say they despise and say is at the heart of Common Core (which isn't).

Republican meddling will cost Students lots of Money: By getting rid
of Advanced Placement, students won’t get college credits in high school, raising the cost of education immensely:

Advanced Placement … developed by a private group, the College Board, and are not
required … They save students money and are generally seen as a prerequisite to
admission to elite colleges. But Republicans believe the Advanced Placement
U.S. History test “deliberately
distorts and/or edits out important historical events.” The RNC said a new
framework for the exam “reflects a radically revisionist view of American
history that emphasizes negative aspects of our nation’s history while omitting
or minimizing positive aspects.”

Republicans hate liberal indoctrination, not right
wing indoctrination. Conservative indoctrination is often described as “state specific
educational standards.” And since conservative ideology is the same everywhere,
it would ironically be…a national standard:

Efforts by conservative school board members in Colorado to
make the Advanced Placement U.S. History course “more
patriotic,” prompted a walk-out by students. Under the changes proposed in
Colorado “students would only be taught lessons depicting American heritage in
a positive light, and effectively
ban any material that could lead to dissent.”

Yes, Republicans would love to quash future dissent, like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has attempted to do at the state Capitol. There's more...

In South Carolina
conservatives asked the College Board to exclude any material with an “ideological
bias,” including evolution. Similar efforts are underway in Georgia and North
Carolina.

GOP Attack on Education everywhere:

North
Carolina GOP Looks To Raise Taxes On Students : North Carolina’sconservative majority provision of the bill would end the state income tax
deduction for tuition expenses — essentially a tax hike on college students.Congressman
Says We Don’t Need Education Funding Because ‘Socrates Trained Plato On A Rock’:
During a House Education and Workforce Committee to reauthorize the nation’s
elementary and secondary education law, Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) said, “Socrates
trained Plato in on a rock and then Plato trained in Aristotle roughly speaking
on a rock. So, huge funding is not necessary to achieve the greatest minds and
the greatest intellects in history.” He later went on to say that he thinks the
answer “would be to get private sector
folks into every one of our schools, get the CEOs in the schools and move
beyond this just narrow policy debate and really have a revolution.”

Congress is getting in on the act:

Current law targets $14 billion to schools and school
districts based on the number of students living in these communities. The
Republican legislation would give states the option whether they live in a high
poverty community or not. For example, Los Angeles Unified School District
would lose
out on more than $75 million while the Beverly Hills Unified School
District would gain $140,000.

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